Infant Adoption Guide Podcast

Tim Elder

This show is here to help you adopt. You'll find resources, inspiration and hope to build your family through infant adoption. This interview-based show has guests ranging from adoptive families to authors, consultants, agencies, attorneys and more. We lay it all out on the table with each interview to give you tips, encouragement and a TON of knowledge of the adoption process.

  1. 01/12/2023

    Pro-Family Pro-Adoption Book with Terri Marcroft: Episode 107

    Why do only 1% of women in the U.S. who are in an unplanned/crisis pregnancy consider adoption? We as Christians need to re-examine how we can we better support and embrace these women. We are inviting families, sisters, fellow church members, parents, grandparents to suggest the loving, positive option of adoption. Our new book Pro-Family, Pro-Adoption: A Christian's Guide to Unplanned Pregnancy Options is a wake-up call, an information resource, a guide, and a story about how we can all do better to support the women around us who are going through or will go through an unplanned pregnancy. We can show her there is a loving, life-giving choice in adoption - and open adoption is something she needs to understand because statistics show that most of the U.S. doesn't know what it is.

    42 分鐘

  2. 16/08/2023

    How To Adopt Using Social Media With Lindsay Bruggeman

    Is it possible to adopt using social media?  Yes, it is possible. With all of us being connected through social media, it is more possible today than ever before. My guest on the show today is proof that it can work.  Lindsay and her husband started a Facebook and Instagram page in January of 2021 and then were matched by the middle of August, just a few months later. Lindsay tells her adoption story while sharing her experiences of what it was like to connect with her son's birthmom through Facebook and then meeting her in person. She explains how to navigate through possible scams. She talks about the importance of working with a very experienced adoption attorney.  While finding a match through social media might not be for everyone, Lindsay gives many compelling reasons why you should at least explore the idea.  Lindsay also shares how she is now helping other hopeful adoptive families match through social media just like she did. She created The Helpful HAP (for hopeful adoptive parents) and offers Adoption Matching Assistance.  She creates very specific and SUPER helpful monthly social media post ideas and calendars. These are amazing - you should check them out!  Lindsay's "The Helpful HAP" on ETSY Links we talk about in this episode: The Infant Adoption Guide Membership Community! This is a brand new safe, private place to learn and talk about infant adoption. Come check it out! Follow Lindsay on INSTAGRAM! See what Lindsay offers on her ETSY site! Our FREE private Facebook Support Group – only for those who are trying to adopt a baby. FindMyAdoptionAgency.com – learn how you can find and choose the RIGHT adoption agency to serve you on the infant adoption journey. This is a my online step-by-step course that you can go at your own pace AND includes over 60 agencies in a spreadsheet for you to use. ALSO - get my adoption expense/funding/grant tracker spreadsheet that I talk about in this episode!

    54 分鐘

  3. 26/07/2023

    How to Deal The Wait to Adopt and Not Go Crazy

    The wait to adopt can be rough. Find out what it means to wait and some practical ways to handle the wait based on what I've learned through 3 adoptions.

    24 分鐘

  4. 06/06/2023

    Open Adoption Story with Author and Birthmom Leah Outten

    Leah joins me to share her open adoption story as a birthmom. Hear how and why she decided to place her daughter over 18 years ago. Learn what it was like to be the first expectant mom to have an open adoption in the agency she worked with. Find out why she initially didn't want to choose adoption for her daughter and why she eventually decided that it was the most loving choice she could make.

    55 分鐘

  5. 13/05/2023

    IAG 103 Tim's 4 Tips For Organizing The Adoption Journey

    When navigating through the adoption journey, it can get overwhelming if you don’t have some way to keep organized. Here are my 4 tips to organize your journey.

    16 分鐘

  6. 01/02/2023

    Infant Adoption Story with Micah and Emily: IAG 102

    Micah and Emily share their experiences from their infant adoption story as they adopted their son as a newborn in March of 2022. Hear how and why they decided on infant adoption. Find out how they were able to due fun-fund raising to pay the expenses of their adoption. Learn what it was like to spend 2 weeks in the hospital with their son's birthmom before he was born. And MUCH MORE!

    55 分鐘

  7. 07/01/2023

    IAG 101 Pro Choice Pro Adoption Author Terri Marcroft

    Terri Marcroft is a mom through adoption, founder of Unplannedgood.org, and now adds the title of author as she recently released her book, Pro-Choice Pro-Adoption : It's Time for a Loving, Positive Response to Unplanned Pregnancy. We chat with Terri about the book along with stories and suprising statistics she share about adoption and unplanned pregnancies in the U.S.

    44 分鐘

  8. 01/12/2022

    What Open Adoption Looks Like To Us After Adopting 3 Times with special guest Tisha Elder: Episode 100

    My wife Tisha and I talk about what we've learned about open adoption now that we've adopted 3 times. Here are the highlights of what we chat about on the show: We define open adoption at a very basic level We talk about how we first reacted to the concept of open adoption We share how we got comfortable with the idea as well as when we really started to understand what open adoption was and could be. We share stories about what open adoption looks like with each of our child's birth families We talk about the differences and varying degrees of contact with birth parents. We share our tips for how to learn about and navigate open adoption relationships. And much more!

    43 分鐘
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This show is here to help you adopt. You'll find resources, inspiration and hope to build your family through infant adoption. This interview-based show has guests ranging from adoptive families to authors, consultants, agencies, attorneys and more. We lay it all out on the table with each interview to give you tips, encouragement and a TON of knowledge of the adoption process.

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